Milwaukee Road Links

• Montana: The Last Days of the Electrics — YouTube (4:26)
• 70+ 8mm Films of Trains and Ships — Taken between the 1950s and 1970s
• Olympian Hiawatha at Harlowton — 1950s — In the yards and west of Harlow. YouTube (6:26)
• Speeder from Kittitas to Beverly — 1953 — A section man's view over the Saddle Mountains
• World News — Milwaukee Road Video Clips — Some clips as long as half an hour
• Milwaukee Road in South Dakota — Slideshow & 20 Clips
• Color Film in Central Washington — 1950s & 1960s — Over 15 minutes of footage
• Danger Lights (1930) — Starring Jean Arthur. Shot along the Milwaukee Road between Miles City and Lombard, including 16 Mile Canyon and Harlowton
• The Railroad from Heaven to Hell — YouTube
• 16mm Film of the 1938 Hiawatha — YouTube
• Pentrex — Commercial seller of railroad DVDs, including a nice three-volume Milwaukee Road set
• Train Video Depot — Commercial site with Milwaukee Road videos
• Railhead Video — Commercial video site with Milwaukee Road content

• Milwaukee Railroad in Montana — Harlowton, August 1974. Quite a few photos from Harlowton
• The Milwaukee Road Yahoo Group “The List” — Flickr photoset
• 1944 Milwaukee Road Northern Division Map
• Railroads of Montana — Photography of Dale Jones
• Railroad Picture Archives — General photo site with Milwaukee Road photos
• LocoPhotos — Comprehensive locomotive archive, many Milwaukee photos
• Rail Car Photos — Over 45,000 photos, Milwaukee Road included
• Fallen Flags Railroad Photos — A good source for Milwaukee photos
• Wikimedia Commons — Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad — Photos from the open-access archive
• Northeast Railfan Image Archive — General photo site
• Don's Depot — Rolling stock and building photos, old and new
• TrainNet.org — Huge site of international and domestic railroad photos, including the Milwaukee Road

• Train Orders — Depot plans, blueprints, and train orders
• Depot Maps — Over 8,700 surviving depots plotted on Google Maps
• Milwaukee Road in St. Louis Park, Minnesota
• Denver Rails — A general site of western railroads
• Academic Encyclopedia — Milwaukee Road
• Iron Horse State Park, Washington State — Blog dedicated to the old Milwaukee right-of-way
• Milwaukee Road in Washington State — Remembering the Milwaukee's electrification era in the Pacific Northwest
• Why the Milwaukee Road Failed
• The Montana Power Company & the Milwaukee Road Electrification — PDF
• Milwaukee Road Archives Intern Blog — A young woman's account of her internship at the Milwaukee Road Archives in the Milwaukee Public Library
• Steam Locomotive — General site covering steam engines, including Milwaukee Road power
• Milwaukee Road X-5000 Dynamometer Car — Dedicated to the road's fully restored dynamometer car
• Former Milwaukee Shops — Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Modern aerial views and descriptions
• Milwaukee Road Archives — Many links to Milwaukee Road detail: locomotives, motors, and more
• Milwaukee Road No. 261 — Site for the restored steam locomotive
• American Rails — The American Railroads: A Long and Storied History
• Trainweb — Milwaukee Road Rolling Stock — Good photos
• Mountain West Group — Photos of modern Montana railroads
• John Crosby's Milwaukee Coastal Division — Narrative of the Milwaukee's Coastal Division
• Milwaukee Road Mississippi River Color Train
• Encyclopedia Britannica — Milwaukee Road
• South Dakota State University Milwaukee Road Archives
• New York Times, 1916 — Electric Trains over the Rocky Mountains
• New York Times, 1901 — Possible Western Extension by CMSTPaul
• David Rumsey Map Collection — Milwaukee Road Early System
• Luna Commons — Milwaukee Road Documents — Fabulous collection of historical documents
• Milwaukee's Purchase of the Milwaukee & Watertown RW, 1855
• Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway (Potlatch) — University of Idaho. Purchased by the Milwaukee Road in 1962
• Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

• Milwaukee Road Historical Association — The premier MRHA site
• Milwaukee Road Heritage Center — Montevideo, Minnesota
• Milwaukee Shops Preservation — Preservation of the Milwaukee Shops history
• Milwaukee Road X-5000 Preservation — Dedicated to preserving the road's dynamometer car
• Sussex-Lisbon, Wisconsin Area Historical Society — Story of the "bug line"
• The Little Joe — Powell County, Montana — Photos and history

• Cascade Rail Foundation — Preserving the Milwaukee Road in Washington State
• Carr Tracks — John Carr's extensive railroad site with lots of photos
• Northwest Rail Museum
• Brian894x4 — Maps and photos of abandoned railroads in the Pacific Northwest, including the Milwaukee
• No More Mountains to Cross — Milwaukee Road artwork of Gary Pember
• Inland Empire Railway Historical Society — Spokane, Washington
• National Railway Historical Society — Western Montana Chapter — Missoula, Montana
• Kittitas County, Washington — Fruit Scenes & the Milwaukee Road
• Encyclopedia of Chicago — Milwaukee Road, c. 1910 Brochure
• Milwaukee Road Employees Killed & Injured, Kittitas County, 1907–1909 — Extensive list
• Alexander Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee Road — Photo of the road's president during its formative years

757th Engineer Railway Battalion — Sponsored by the Milwaukee Road

• 757th — Home of Army Rail
• 757th Railway Shop Battalion — Henry Brill — Fantastic photos and discharge papers
• 757th Transportation Battalion — Lineage & Honors — U.S. Army Center of Military History

744th Railway Operating Battalion — Sponsored by the Milwaukee Road

• Military Railway Unit Histories at MHI
• 720th & 744th Railway Operating Battalions — The Homefront
• The Milwaukee Magazine — May 1944 — "The 744th Takes Over." PDF
• The Milwaukee Magazine — August 1944 / February 1946 — PDF

• Newport Club — Modelers' site including the Milwaukee Road
• Puget Sound Model Railroad Engineers
• Mid-Continent Railway Museum — Wisconsin short-line museum featuring former Milwaukee trackage

• Rails-to-Trails Conservancy — National organization dedicated to using former railroad rights-of-way for trails
• Olympic Discovery Trail — Follow the Milwaukee Road in the Olympic Mountains west of Seattle
• Route of the Hiawatha — Trail along the Milwaukee Road route in Idaho
• Coeur d'Alene & Hiawatha Trails — Northern Idaho
• Cedar Butte Trails — Washington State
• Montana Hikes — Hiking former railroad rights-of-way in Montana
• The Valley MKE — Redevelopment of the Milwaukee Shops area in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• CMSTPaul Railway v. United States, 1905 — Mail hauling compensation
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Minnesota, 1890 — Decision in favor of the Milwaukee Road
• Analysis of the 1890 Decision
• CMSTPaul Railway v. State of Iowa, 1914 — U.S. Supreme Court decision against the Milwaukee Road
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1867 — Decision against the Milwaukee Road
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1887 — Significant decision regarding CMStPaul Railway bonds
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1900 — CM & St. Paul Ry. v. Bosworth
• Wisconsin Railroad Commission, 1907 — Decision granting the Milwaukee the right to put in a siding

• Milwaukee Road Historical Association — European Division
• The Depot Minneapolis — Restoration of the old Milwaukee Depot in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Wisconsin State Historical Society
• Railroad Data — Over 5,000 links to railroad sites
• Railfan.net — ABPR Archive
• Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society
• Barriger Railroad Research Library — UMSL — Comprehensive university railroad research center including a Milwaukee Road collection
• Union Pacific Historical Society
• Soo Line Historical Association
• Denver, Rio Grande & Western Railway Historical Society
• Railroad Station Historical Society
• National Railway Historical Society
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Historical & Modeling Society
• Chicago & Northwestern Historical Society
• Illinois Railroad Museum
• RailServe — Commercial railroad link directory
• South Dakota State Historical Society — Railroad Search
• Map of Montana Railroad Land Grants

A few communities to join if you want to get into the Milwaukee Road spirit.

• Diesel Detailer Forum — Forum for diesel modelers
• Railroad Forums — Free bulletin board for railroaders, railfans, modelers, and anyone interested in railroads
• The Railroad Network
• Trainboard.com
• TrainNet.org
• Trainorders.com